Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Spain
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
alo
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
triste
  
scuze
  
Bye
adiós
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
Español
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Romanians
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic